Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on Could 3, 2026 – 4:09 pm
Former Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Minister Piyankara Jayaratne have been summoned to look earlier than the Bribery Fee on Could 12, 2026, over the Airbus deal investigation.
The Fee to Examine Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has issued the summons to report statements from them in reference to the continued investigation into the controversial Airbus deal.
On March 19, 2026, CIABOC knowledgeable the Colombo Chief Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom that former SriLankan Airways CEO Kapila Chandrasena, in an announcement given to investigators, had stated that Rs. 60 million from alleged bribe cash linked to the Airbus deal was paid to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
The disclosure was made when the case in opposition to Chandrasena was taken up earlier than Colombo Chief Justice of the Peace Asanga S. Bodaragama.
In response to CIABOC, Chandrasena had acknowledged that the cash was paid to Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015 in three separate funds of Rs. 20 million every.
CIABOC additionally informed the courtroom that Chandrasena had acknowledged the cash was handed over on the Carlton residence in Tangalle and at a residence in Beliatta.
The Bribery Fee additional knowledgeable the courtroom that former Aviation Minister Piyankara Jayaratne had additionally allegedly obtained Rs. 20 million.
The investigation into the Airbus deal is constant.
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